Publications February 1 - 6, 2025

Publications, February 1- 6, 2025

• Study of the superfamily Mantispoidea suggests Rhachiberothidae use a sit-and-wait predatory strategy in contrast to Mantispidae which are sophisticated active-ambushing predators.
• A novel fungal genus Robiniigena is described, with its type R. hyalinospora. The specimen was collected on dead aerial branches of Robinia pseudoacacia in Italy.
• A comprehensive nrITS phylogeny of the genus Volvariella provides detailed descriptions for fourteen Volvariella species originally described from Europe. 
• Plant architecture plays an important role in structuring neotropical rolled-leaf beetles in plants, highlighting the importance of variables beyond plant defenses in the evolution of plant-herbivore interactions.
• A new and critically endangered species, Drepananthus khaosoi sp. nov. (Annonaceae) from southern Thailand is described.
• The first integrative taxonomy study of the root lesion nematode Pratylenchus in Brazilian sugarcane identified Pratylenchus zeae as predominant in São Paulo fields, and showed P. brachyurus is overlooked by traditional methods.
• Survey of saprobic fungi on medicinal plants in Southwestern China finds twelve novel species are three new host records M. alishanensis, Sir. castanedae, and Stachybotrys chartarum.
• Study of terrestrial saprobic fungi associated with Aquilaria in Guangdong and Yunnan provinces in China identify two new species (Melomastia guangdongensis and M. yunnanensis).
• The severe root rot outbreak in commercially important Polygala crotalarioides in China during 2022–2023 was caused by Fusarium oxysporum.
• The first study to provide DNA sequence data and phylogenetic relationships for Xiuguozhangia identify a new taxon, Xuguozhangia broussonetiae.
• Two new fungal species Pseudoroussoella bidenticola, and Neoroussoella chromolaenae isolated from Asteraceae inhibit growth of Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus.
• A novel fungal species, Lopadostoma gaofengense sp. nov. is identified, and a key for the 13 species of known Lopadostoma is provided.
• Pore-forming proteins acquired by horizontal gene transfer may serve as novel humoral factors in Drosophila innate immunity to protect Drosophila from parasitoids.
• Study of the flycatcher Attila spadiceus highlight the role of Pleistocene forest corridors north of the Andes as the key factor maintaining communication before the separation of the lineages.
• In a study of bacterial symbionts of cowpeas in Brazil, ten bacterial genera were classified as rhizobia, highlighting the promiscuity of cowpea in associating with a diverse array of bacteria.
• Two new species of Cnidarian endoparasites, Ceratomyxa deformis n. sp. and Ceratomyxa anomala n. sp. were discovered in the gall bladders of fishes in the Tapajós River in the Brazilian Amazon.
• Mushroom Lentinus polychrous collected from West Bengal exhibits significant antioxidant, antibacterial, and particular cytotoxic effects on lung cancer cells.
• A survey of Chytridiales and Rhizophydiales fungi in Korea isolated a novel Rhizophydium species designated Rhizophydium multiplex sp. nov.. Chytriomyces hyalinus and Globomyces pollinis-pini were isolated for the first time in Korea.
• A survey of the fungal genus Trichoderma in the Brazilian ecosystem Restinga, finds two new species Trichoderma gilbertogili sp. nov. and Trichoderma rubropilosum sp. nov.
• Study of Trichoderma species from Citrus finds four new species Trichoderma reticulatae sp. nov., T. citri sp. nov., T. wujiangense sp. nov, and T. nobilis sp. nov.
• Endophytic fungi associated with selected aquatic plants finds two new species Ectophoma salviniae sp. nov. and Neottiosporina mihintaleensis sp. nov. as novel taxa from Salvinia spp.
• Study of Thai fungi reveal a new species, Hypoxylon luteogranulatum sp. nov.